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Joel M. “Piggy” Johnson

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Joel M. “Piggy” Johnson

Birth
Blakeley, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
Death
6 Mar 1924 (aged 59)
Bay Minette, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Whitehouse Forks, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Joel was a turpentine laborer and a farmer. In 1881, near Sibley's Mill at Bromley, He was shoot in the head by a black man with a pistol. It caused him to fall off the horse he was ridding and was then shot in the wrist and side. The bullet remained in his head until his death many years later. Joel's half-brother, Deputy Sheriff Abram S. "Abe" Johnson, was also killed in this shoot out.

Joel was a victim of the pneumonia/influenzia epedimic of the 1920s, along with numerious others in his family.
Joel was a turpentine laborer and a farmer. In 1881, near Sibley's Mill at Bromley, He was shoot in the head by a black man with a pistol. It caused him to fall off the horse he was ridding and was then shot in the wrist and side. The bullet remained in his head until his death many years later. Joel's half-brother, Deputy Sheriff Abram S. "Abe" Johnson, was also killed in this shoot out.

Joel was a victim of the pneumonia/influenzia epedimic of the 1920s, along with numerious others in his family.

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  • Created by: The Wanderer
  • Added: Oct 12, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7978061/joel_m-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Joel M. “Piggy” Johnson (20 May 1864–6 Mar 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7978061, citing Johnson Cemetery, Whitehouse Forks, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by The Wanderer (contributor 26488191).